Spring Festival photos from readers [Part II]

Here are some photos about the Spring Festival that we received from our readers. You are welcome to share your photos with us.

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Here are some photos we received. This is Group II. Click here to see Group 1.



Fireworks are light up the night sky on Chinese New Year's Eve. [Photo by Zheng Shi]

Crowds watch the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations at Trafalgar Square in London Feb 6, 2011. [Photo by James Chan]

Spring Festival celebrations at Yuyuan, Shanghai on Feb 4, 2011. [Photo by Shrikant Wale]

Spring Festival celebrations at Yuyuan, Shanghai on Feb 4, 2011. [Photo by Shrikant Wale]

Spring Festival celebrations at Yuyuan, Shanghai on Feb 4, 2011. [Photo by Shrikant Wale]

Spring Festival celebrations at Yuyuan, Shanghai on Feb 4, 2011. [Photo by Shrikant Wale]

A postwoman works as usual on Feb 5, 2011, th! e third day of the new lunar year, in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo by Xu Peiqin]

A cleaner puts firecrackers debris into a garbage bin in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo by Xu Peiqin]

A cleaner sweeps a street in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo by Xu Peiqin]

A man and two children skate on a lake in Beijing on Feb 2, 2011. [Photo by Yue]

Choosing appropriate Chunlian is no easy matter. [Photo by David Jackson]

A woman burns incense at the community Buddhist temple to pray for good fortune in the Year of the Rabbit. [Photo by David James]

A girl holds a bunch of flowers in Liangping, South China's Guangdong province on Feb 3, 2011. [Photo by Lai Feifei]

Children set off fireworks in Liangping, Guangdong province on Feb 3, 2011. [Photo by Lai Feifei]

A rabbit balloon attracts people's attention in a Park in Xingtai, Hebei province on Fe! b 3. [Ph oto/By Xing Yu]

Red lanterns are hung up on Chinese New Year's Eve. [Photo by Zheng Shi]


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